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Bob's Chocolate Flake 50g
Details
- Components: Virginia, Latakia, Burley
- Family: English Aromatic
- Cut: Flake
About This Pipe Tobacco
Founded in Kendal, Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. has fashioned quality pipe tobacco since 1887, utilizing processes and techniques that date to 1792. The Cumbria-based company prioritizes natural tobacco flavor, and in many of their mixtures, Gawith, Hoggarth & Co. maintains the standards enforced by the United Kingdom's strict purity laws of the 19th and 20th centuries — such laws dictating how much and what type of flavorings could be added to pipe tobacco and ensuring that sub-quality leaf wasn't hidden under the veil of exorbitant toppings.
A blend of flue-cured Virginias interlaced with the leathery flavor of Latakia, the earthy profile of Burley, and the smoldering intensity of dark-fired leaf, all treated with a casing of chocolate and vanilla.
Customer Reviews
Cool-Smoking & Indulgent
August 20, 2026
By:
Justin D.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake Bulk
Captain Black Grape. Whether Lakeland is your cup of grog or not, GH&C leaf choice is unimpeachable. Don't believe me? Let it sit in a mason jar untouched for five years and come back to flakes absolutely coated in sugar crystals. Giving this blend one star is like ripping a flier for guitar lessons off a telephone pole and shouting "I DON'T WANT GUITAR LESSONS!". That being said, I suppose everyone is entitled to their opinions, however misguided they may be. At least this isn't as bad as the people who review bomb Sun Bear because they don't understand how supply and demand works.
BCF is mechanically a great smoke, staying cool and burning slowly with proper pacing. Let it dry for 30-45 minutes before you pack it. It's a smoke best served as dessert. A slow retrohale is the key to taking in all the flavors and complexities of this blend. I knocked off half a star for GH&C being a little inconsistent with the amount of chocolate topping they apply from batch to batch....Read More
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Better Than Expected
September 11, 2026
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Ron A.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake Bulk
bought 8oz on a blind buy. They arrived in perfect flakes like the ones in the photo and are longer than typical flakes. Fit perfectly in the 36oz mason jar I put them in. Tin note was a chocolate explosion, which I loved and thought wouldn’t be as strong based off some reviews. Rubbed out half a flake and put it in my dedicated Lakeland pipe, a MM Emerald, last night and it was even better than I expected. Didnt even give it any dry time. Didn’t require the amount of relights for me that the SG/GH blends typically require and I got a nice cocoa and vanilla flavor from the smoke with just the slightest Lakeland essence, which I think is a great combination. This will be a staple in my cellar for as long as I can get it....Read More
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Utterly Unique
August 20, 2026
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Daniel K.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake Bulk
oky latakia for contrast. The Malawi sun cured leaf also adds a sweet and rich cigar-like quality to produce an exquisitely tasty flake in the Old World tradition. There is a reason this tobacco is a cult favorite for discriminating pipe smokers everywhere....Read More
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I can see the appeal
September 06, 2026
By:
Ren P.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake Bulk
e many opinions, but here is what I did. First, I rubbed it out into ribbons. The flake has already done its job, so now's the time to make it smokeable. I let the ribbons air out on a paper towel for 15 mins, and put them in a meershaum pipe. This was before dinner. Later in the evening, I took the prepared pipe, made a couple of charring lights. You're essentially creating a layer of charcoal at this stage. I let it rest for a minute, then went in for the full light. Burned long and beautifully with a couple of re-lights. Treat this blend as an event, not a stuff and smoke, and you will be rewarded....Read More
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Smokey, Leathery, and Zesty
October 14, 2026
By:
Shane M.
Product: Gawith Hoggarth & Co. Bob's Chocolate Flake Bulk
it took a proper charring light and established a good ember, though, it burned steadily and comfortably through the rest of the bowl.
While I didn't get much in the way of explicit chocolate or cocoa flavor, the overall taste profile was genuinely delightful. Instead of a sweet, dessert-like aromatic, it yields a rich, savory smoke dominated by deep smokey, leathery, and earthy tones from the dark-fired leaf, accented by a subtle, underlying orange zest brightness and a hint of classic Lakeland character rounding it out. It was a very satisfying session and a fantastic maiden voyage for the new pipe....Read More
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